FT Alphachat

Historian Stephen Kotkin joins Alphaville's Matt Klein to discuss how Joseph Stalin's violent commitment to Marxist-Leninism shaped Soviet society in the 1930s. It's the subject of Kotkin's latest book, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist Sebastian Edwards joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the modern emergence of populism, and how his research of populist economics can be applied to Donald Trump's economic agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Urban studies theorist Richard Florida joins Aimee Keane to discuss his latest book, "The New Urban Crisis". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Historian Jeremy Adelman discusses Albert O. Hirschman's famous treatise 'Exit, Voice, and Loyalty'. They explore balancing exit and voice, dangers of practicing voice, psychology in Hirschman's work, mix of alert and inert customers, interplay between public and private sectors, 'exit' and 'voice' in various sectors, and personal connections to Hirschman.

Dan Drezner, writer and professor of international politics, joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss his latest book, "The Ideas Industry: how pessimists, partisans and plutocrats are transforming the marketplace of ideas". They also talk about the global populist wave, identity-based politics, and how to resist the temptation to say yes to everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist and author known for his work on the addictive properties of sugar and its effect on the brain, joins Alphaville's Izabella Kaminska to discuss his latest book, which applies his work on addiction to the technological realm. The book is called The Hacking of the American Mind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist Jennifer Hunt joins Cardiff to discuss the findings of a major study on the economic impact of immigration on the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When electronic trading was introduced on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, volumes handled by traders in the open-outcry pits were quickly overshadowed by those done by computers. Many of the floor traders soon found themselves out of work, and without proper training to find other jobs in finance. But one of those traders, Tom Gordon, embarked on a second act in his career, one that, for now, can’t be done by an algorithm or a robot. This podcast was produced as part of an FT Health at Work special report. Read more at FT.com/health-work.Music courtesy of Dave Depper, Podington Bear, Pure Grease and Peter Sandberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist Ricardo Hausmann joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the historical foundation of Venezuela's current macroeconomic and humanitarian crisis, what may happen with its debt and what the future holds for the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lina Khan, a writer and fellow at New America, joins FT Alphaville's Alex Scaggs to discuss how the tech company's unique organisational structure and business strategy raise possible antitrust issues that current law isn't particularly well designed to address. It's the subject of Khan's paper, "Amazon's antitrust paradox", recently published in the Yale Law Journal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.